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Design and Architecture

The Meaningful Object

Hosted by Frances Anderton Dec. 18, 2012
Eric Alan and Rhonda Voo decided to purge their home of everything except "meaningful objects." DnA examines what makes a meaningful object.

Eric Alan and Rhonda Voo decided to purge their home of everything except "meaningful objects." But what is a meaningful object? In the season of gift-giving, we will find out, with Eric Alan, Rhonda Voo, Jeremy Levine, Joel Chen, Lorca Cohen, Simon Doonan, Jonathan Adler, Oliver Furth, Lee Kaplan, Brent Gordon and Cory Lashever.

Banner image: Sophia, Mirabelle, Lily, and mother Rhonda Voo. Photo by Ethan Pines

From this Episode:

Design Gifts Filled with Significance

What ascribes meaning to an object? We asked several people are in the business of making and selling “meaningful objects.” Jeremy Levine, Joel Chen, Lorca Cohen, Jonathan...

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Purging a House of Too Many Possessions

Eric Alan and Rhonda Woo seem like your typical Los Angeles couple. Eric is a creative director and Rhonda is a fine artist. They have three daughters and live in West LA....

15 min

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Frances Anderton

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